Understanding pharmacist decision making for adverse drug event (ADE) detection

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-275

  Phansalkar, Shobha ^a,b,c   Hoffman, Jennifer M ^d   Hurdle, John F ^e   Patel, Vimla L ^f  

^a Brigham and Women's Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADE; Adverse drug event; Medical informatics (MeSH); Think aloud analysis; Verbal protocol analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VERBALIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; DRUG TOXICITY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 62849119069     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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